Hawaii Supreme Court· 3/8/1984

State v. Rodrigues

Citations

679 P.2d 615
67 Haw. 70
1984 Haw. LEXIS 89

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concluding that trial court erred in granting an acquittal, and stating that issue of insanity, which was based on DID, should have gone to the jury
Relying on Ser-fass, the court states that “[djouble jeopardy does not attach unless there is a risk of a determination of guilt.”
“The trend ... is toward examining the sanity of each personality presented in an individual, or at least the personality which allegedly committed the offense.”
“[T]he State has the burden of proving a defendant’s sanity beyond a reasonable doubt.”

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Judges: Lum, Nakamura, Padgett, Hayashi, Wakatsuki

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